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The Kingdom Choir
The Kingdom Choir is a British gospel choir based in London. It was founded by choir conductor and workshop leader Karen Gibson (choir conductor), Karen Gibson. After performing for more than 20 years, the choir became world-famous after being invited to perform at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. On 19 May 2018, they sang a gospel version of "Stand by Me (Ben E. King song), Stand by Me" by Ben E. King. The conductor, Gibson, was described by the British press as "Britain's godmother of gospel". Their performance of the song topped the U.S. Hot Gospel Songs chart. After the performance, the choir signed a record deal with Sony Music. On 26 October 2018, the choir released its debut album, ''Stand by Me'', subtitled 15 Songs of Love and Inspiration. It contains 14 cover performances and one original piece called "Chases". The choir was selected to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the first game of the 2019 MLB London Series in June 2019. In February 2023, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Gibson (choir Conductor)
Karen Muriel Cecile Gibson is a choir conductor and workshop leader with London's The Kingdom Choir, which she founded in 1993. She led the Kingdom Choir's gospel performance of "Stand by Me (Ben E. King song), Stand by Me" at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May 2018, after which she was described as "Britain’s godmother of gospel". Gibson has previously provided backing vocals for acts such as Grace Kennedy (singer), Grace Kennedy and The Beautiful South. She has been involved with vocal groups and choirs since 1993, conducting gospel workshops all over the UK and Europe as well as Nigeria, Japan, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and the United States. In 2020, Gibson appeared as a contestant on Series 15 of Celebrity Masterchef. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to music. References Living people British choral conductors British women conductors (music) 21st-century British conductors (mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voice (British Newspaper)
''The Voice'', founded in 1982, is a British national African-Caribbean newspaper operating in the United Kingdom. The paper is based in London and was published every Thursday until 2019 when it became monthly. It is available in a paper version by subscription and also online. History ''The Voice'' was founded in 1982 by Val McCalla, who was working on a London local paper called the ''East End News'' in 1981. He and a group of businesspeople and journalists created a weekly newspaper to cater for the interests of British-born African-Caribbean people. Until then, relevant publications had mastheads such as the ''West Indian Gazette'', ''West Indian World'', '' The Caribbean Times'' and ''West Africa''. This was in order to address the interests of a generation of immigrants, by passing on news from their countries of origin in the Caribbean and Africa, rather than addressing the concerns of generations born in the UK. According to Beulah Ainley, who worked with McCalla o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is an English Christmas carol that first appeared in 1739 in the collection ''Hymns and Sacred Poems''. The carol, based on , tells of an angelic chorus singing praises to God. As it is known in the modern era, it features lyrical contributions from Charles Wesley and George Whitefield, two of the founding ministers of Methodism, with music adapted from "Vaterland, in deinen Gauen" of Felix Mendelssohn's cantata ''Festgesang'' (''Gutenberg Cantata''). Wesley had written the original version as "Hymn for Christmas-Day" with the opening couplet "wikt:hark, Hark! how all the wikt:welkin, Welkin (heaven) rings / Glory to the King of Kings". Whitefield changed that to today's familiar lyric: "Hark! The Herald Angels sing, / 'Glory to the new-born King. In 1840—a hundred years after the publication of ''Hymns and Sacred Poems''—Mendelssohn composed a cantata to commemorate Johannes Gutenberg's invention of movable type, and it is music from this canta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're The Voice
"You're the Voice" is a song recorded by Australian singer John Farnham released in 1986. It became an immediate hit in Australia as well as several European countries including the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was released as a single in September 1986 ahead of his album '' Whispering Jack'' and was written by Andy Qunta, Keith Reid, Maggie Ryder and Chris Thompson. In the United States, the song is perhaps best known for a charting version issued in 1991 by the band Heart. It was also recorded by the Alan Parsons band, featuring Chris Thompson on vocals, and performed by them at the World Liberty Concert in the Netherlands in May 1995. It climbed the charts in Australia again in 2012 after being used in a TV advert. From early September 2023, Farnham's song was used in a video advert to advocate for the unsuccessful "Yes" campaign in the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum. Background "You're The Voice" was composed by British songwriters Chris Thompson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazing Grace
"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn written in 1772 and published in 1779 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is possibly the most sung and most recorded hymn in the world, and especially popular in the United States, where it is used for both religious and secular purposes. Newton wrote the words from personal experience; he grew up without any particular religious conviction, but his life's path was formed by a variety of twists and coincidences that were often put into motion by others' reactions to what they took as his recalcitrant insubordination. He was pressed into service with the Royal Navy, and after leaving the service, he became involved in the Atlantic slave trade. In 1748, a violent storm battered his vessel off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland, so severely that he called out to God for mercy. While this moment marked his spiritual conversion, he continued slave trading until 1754 or 1755, when he ended his seafaring alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fix You
"Fix You" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all four members of the band for their third studio album, '' X&Y'' (2005). It was released on 5 September 2005 as the second single from ''X&Y'' and reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. The song reached number 18 in the United States ''Billboard'' Hot Modern Rock Tracks. Promo singles were released for the UK and US. The song is a sobering meditation on grief in the face of the death of a loved one; frontman Chris Martin developed the song to comfort his then-wife, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, after her father Bruce Paltrow died. The anthemic track builds around an organ accompanied by piano and acoustic guitar, and develops into a spirited second half with group vocals, drums, and strings. The hopeful message of the song, and its two-part arrangement, was critically acclaimed. The song has been performed at memorials such as by Coldplay at the One Love Manchester benefit concert in 2017. In September 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvest For The World (song)
"Harvest for the World" is a song recorded by American musical group The Isley Brothers, released in 1976 as a single on their T-Neck imprint. It is the title track from their 1976 album '' Harvest for the World''. Background and composition One of their socially conscious singles (about world peace), the song was composed by Ernie Isley, who wrote most of the lyrics, together with Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper, with additional lyrics and musical arrangements added by the three original members O'Kelly, Rudolph and Ronald. The song was recorded on the same day as "Fight the Power (Part 1 & 2)", and was originally intended to be the lead single from the album '' The Heat Is On''; but "Fight The Power" ended up being the lead single from that album, by a group vote. "Harvest for the World" was saved to go onto the album of the same title. As on many Isley Brothers records, Ronald sang lead on the song while his elder brothers O'Kelly and Rudolph backed him up. Chart performan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovely Day (song)
"Lovely Day" is a song by American soul and R&B singer Bill Withers. Written by Withers and Skip Scarborough, it was released in 1977, and appears on Withers's sixth album, ''Menagerie'' (1977). Withers holds a sustained note towards the end which, at 18 seconds, is one of the longest ever recorded on an American pop song. The song was listed at No. 402 on ''Rolling Stone''s "Top 500 Best Songs of All Time" in 2021. History Released as a single in late 1977, "Lovely Day" peaked at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart and at number 30 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in early 1978. Whitburn, Joel (1996). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 6th Edition (Billboard Publications) Outside of the United States, "Lovely Day" peaked within the top ten of the charts in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart. "Lovely Day" has been re-released as a single in the United Kingdom at least twice since the song's first chart run; in 1987 the original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halo (Beyoncé Song)
"Halo" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her third studio album, ''I Am... Sasha Fierce'' (2008). Included on the ''I Am...'' disc, it was intended to give a glimpse of Beyoncé's life, stripped of her make-up and celebrity trappings. Columbia Records released the song, the album's fourth single, to mainstream radio in the United States on January 20, 2009, and to international markets from February 20. Inspired by Ray LaMontagne's 2004 song "Shelter", "Halo" was written by Ryan Tedder and E. Kidd Bogart, Evan Bogart, with the former producing it alongside Beyoncé, who handled the vocal production. It was originally conceived by Tedder and Bogart specifically for Beyoncé, although there was media speculation that it had been intended for Leona Lewis. "Halo" is a Pop music, pop and Contemporary R&B, R&B power ballad, the lyrics of which describe a sublime love. It features drum, piano, keyboard, string, synthesizer, and percussion instrumentation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something Inside So Strong
''Something Inside So Strong'' is the twenty-first studio album by American country music singer Kenny Rogers, released in 1989. The album includes the singles "When You Put Your Heart in It", "Planet Texas", "The Vows Go Unbroken", "Something Inside So Strong", and "Maybe". Gladys Knight, Anne Murray, Holly Dunn, and Ronald Isley are featured as duet partners. Jim Ed Norman produced the album, with additional production from Steve Dorff on " If I Ever Fall in Love Again". Track listing Personnel * Kenny Rogers – lead vocals * Matt Rollings – acoustic piano (1, 4-9) * John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano (3) * Jim Ed Norman – acoustic piano (10) * David Innis – synthesizers (1, 4, 7, 10) * Phil Naish – synthesizers (1-6, 9, 10) * Dennis Burnside – synthesizers (2, 8) * Mike Lawler – synthesizers (3, 4, 7-10) * Shane Keister – synthesizers (4) * Edgar Struble – synthesizers (5), backing vocals (5) * Randy Kerber – synthesizers (6) * Carl Marsh – synthes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Make You Feel My Love
"Make You Feel My Love", also known as "To Make You Feel My Love", is a song written by Bob Dylan for his album '' Time Out of Mind'', released in September 1997. It was first released commercially in August 1997 by Billy Joel for his compilation album '' Greatest Hits Volume III''. It is one of the few songs to have achieved the status of becoming a " standard" in the 21st century, having been covered by more than 450 different artists. The best known cover versions are ones by Adele, Michael Bolton, Neil Diamond, Elkie Brooks, Boy George, Bryan Ferry, Joan Osborne, Garth Brooks, Kelly Clarkson with Ben Platt, Nick Knowles, and Pink. Reception ''Spectrum Culture'' included the song on a list of "Bob Dylan's 20 Best Songs of the 90s". In an article accompanying the list, critic John Paul described it thus: "Accompanied by a lone piano, ghostlike bass line and slightly woozy sounding organ playing sustained notes throughout, the arrangement of the song isn't terribly rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blinded By Your Grace, Pt
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Blinded may refer to: * ''Blinded'' (1997 film), a French romantic thriller by Daniel Calparsoro * ''Blinded'' (2004 film), a British film by Eleanor Yule * ''Blinded'' (2006 film), a Grenadian film by Anderson Quarless * ''Blinded'' (TV series), a Swedish television drama series * "Blinded" (song), a song by Third Eye Blind * The Blinded, a Swedish melodic death metal band * Blindness, the physiological condition of lacking visual perception See also * Blind (other) Blind often refers to: * The state of blindness, being unable to see * A window blind, a covering for a window Blind may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Blind'' (1987 film), a documentary by Frederick Wiseman about the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
